Never Mind the Beasts

awk·ward
1 obsolete : PERVERSE

the old Polish lady

has crossed the line

one too many times

she swung open

my door

without

a knock

just as I was

in the thick

of it

and about

to . . .

she said “no no no”

she heard

sex and came

to stop it!

last straw: new

rules, no

girls

in room

home

by ten o’clock

and

this is not a hotel

on the brink of . . . curfew . . . no girls allowed . . .

repeat:

I am not 16

repeat:

I am not

a sinner

getting out

of here

yes indeed

a month

at the local

hotel next week

:-)